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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 10, 1970
Page
12
Cambodian military spokesman says attacks surged across the country in the last 24 hours. Fighting continued at Saang and Kralanh near Angkor Wat. Siem Reap airfield came under mortar and rifle fire. Kompong Cham, Prey Totung and Skoun faced night and daylight strikes as clearing operations began.
Across Cambodia artillery and mortar fire pressed on Kompong Thom 87 miles north of Phnom Penh while fighting loomed around the burned summer home of former Cambodian head of state Prince Norodom Sihanouk on the Kiri Rom Plateau. Cambodian troops faced siege on the plateau as government forces recaptured towns and combat spilled into Takeo and Skoun amid bombing by allied aircraft. In Saigon, university students threatened mass desertion from compulsory training over mistreatment, and Nixon named Frank Borman to press for the release of American prisoners in North Vietnam and the Vietcong.
West Germany Señ Chancellor Brandt will travel to Moscow to sign a Soviet West German treaty. Bonn officials and Gromyko indicated formal acceptance of the Soviet invitation, with Cabinet decision pending final approval. The accord renounces force and accepts existing European borders as inviolable.
Three pre-dawn blasts in Belfast and surrounding areas cause widespread panic with no deaths reported. A major explosion near a hospital and power substation blacks out electricity as police note increased pressure on Prime Minister Chichester-Clark's government and calls for harsher action.
Veteran Bengali independence fighter known as Maharaj Chakravarty died in New Delhi at 82 after a heart attack. He spent decades in British and Pakistani jails, aligned with militant anti-British action, and visited India from East Pakistan last month for the first time since 1947.
East Germany asked six Western states Belgium Canada Denmark France Holland and Italy to reconsider their refusal of official recognition in notes delivered through the Polish foreign ministry in Warsaw. Reports say similar notes may have been given to Swedish and Austrian diplomats. Ulbricht sent the notes to state heads claiming Erfurt and Kassel summits advanced de facto recognition. no replies yet.
London fair 66 Paris weather and cloudy 64 Rome sunny 79 Berlin fair 72 Edinburgh temperatures 57 Moscow 66 at 9 am today. rain expected in some areas. overall mixed conditions across major cities.
A 12-nation committee of major wheat producers and consumers concluded four days of talks in Geneva on drafting a new international grains agreement to replace the current one. No communique was issued. Delegations were to decide positions, with another committee meeting possible in mid September.
Singapore marks its fifth independence anniversary with a grand parade in the Cricket Club area featuring defence equipment. Armoured personnel carriers, Strikemaster jets, and Parental units highlight the display while police and Singaporean armed forces project strength against alleged Communist threats cited by the Prime Minister.
Washington reports unemployment up to a new peak for five years, marking a rise from May as the Labour Department announced the higher rate yesterday. The data underscores continuing labor market strain and broader economic concerns for the United States.
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